AUTHOR'S NOTE: I was already getting prepared for the World Tour season because I'm pretty fast at brainstorming ideas. Once I finish this fanfic, we can have an aftermath with the non-returning contestants.


"Last time on Total Pokémon Island," narrated Volcanion. "Team members battled each other in a tournament, using only their level-up moves. Surprising even herself, Tropius defeated the Poison-type M in the final round. While M gave the tourney his best shot, he wasn't the contestant sent to Loser Island. The one who was eliminated was Scatterbug, who was upset that he couldn't learn any TM moves until he becomes a Vivillon. Who will win tonight's challenge? What will that challenge offer us? Who's getting eliminated? Find out tonight on Total. Pokémon. ISLAND!"


(The theme song, "I Wanna Be Famous", starts playing over various clips of the 22 contestants participating in different challenges. The theme song ends with Volcanion, Nidoking, and the 22 contestants seated around a campfire.


The next morning, Surskit was standing by the shore, drifting along the water, when Kingdra popped up from beneath the lake.

"Hey Surskit," said Kingdra. "I'm sorry about what happened to you and Scatterbug in the last challenge. Getting into a fight with a loved one is never good news."

Surskit just sighed and floated along the river.


CONFESSIONAL:

SURSKIT: Last night's challenge must have been rigged. Volcanion probably set me up against Scatterbug on purpose.


Meanwhile, the male Fun Lovin' Criminals were looking for Surskit and Kingdra, because it was breakfast time.

"SURSKIT! KINGDRA! WHERE ARE YOU?!" called Banette.

The two Water types got out of the lake and rushed to the cafeteria. For breakfast that day, Nidoking had prepared omelettes made out of recently expired eggs. A few of the remaining contestants gagged at their meal.

"I hope today's challenge is a good one," Scraggy said to his teammates. "At least, it should be better than this crap we've been forced to eat." Nidoking gasped to himself.

Everyone agreed, because the food they'd been eating for the past week tasted like vomit. Pretty soon, somebody heard a hissing noise coming from the loudspeaker.

"Ladies and gentlemen, meet me at the campfire in ten minutes," announced Volcanion on the intercom.

That was barely enough time for everyone to finish their terrible omelettes. Soon everyone limped to the campfire, where Volcanion told them about the day's challenge.


"Three members of each team will be given a paintball gun," said the host, as he passed the guns out to Banette, Persian, Emolga, Pignite, Pidgeot, and Scraggy. "You will also wear these special helmets and sunglasses." The gunners each took a helmet and a pair of sunglasses, and put them on.

"What are we gonna do with these?" asked Emolga as she stared at her weapon.

"Your job is to hunt down your teammates, who will be dressed up as other Pokémon," explained the host. "If you see someone in a costume, shoot them with your paint gun, which will give your team a point. The first team to capture all their members wins immunity for the challenge."

"Wait!" said Pignite. "You didn't specify what costumes each team will be wearing!"

The Fun Lovin' Criminals were told to wear Caterpie costumes, while the Red Hot Chili Peppers had to dress up like Jigglypuff.


CONFESSIONAL:

BANETTE: I may be a ghost type, but this gun is FINALLY something that I can touch that won't fall out of my arms.

PIGNITE: It's a good thing Charizard isn't here. If he were told to dress up like Jigglypuff, he would have quit the challenge.

M: You know, this Caterpie costume is pretty snug. I just have to scrunch my arms up and flop around. (he tries to hop out of the confessional in his costume, but he bangs his head on the outhouse wall) Damn, I'll just have to open the door and leave. (he then pokes his arms out from the costume)


The six hunters closed their eyes and counted to a hundred, which gave their costumed teammates a chance at hiding around the island. Of all the contestants, Tropius was having the hardest time hiding, because she was the tallest contestant on the Chili Peppers. And she didn't look a thing like Jigglypuff. Tropius had to think fast, because time was slowly running out for her. She decided to hide behind the lavatory.

"OLLY OLLY OXEN FREE!" hollered Pidgeot as she took a wing off of her face. She then started flying across Camp Wasteland in search of Jigglypuffs.

Persian impressed Emolga and Banette by standing on her hind paws for this challenge.

"Hey, doesn't it hurt your back to walk on two legs?" wondered Banette.

"Only when I run," the team captain explained. "But first, let's go Caterpie hunting!" The ghost doll and the flying squirrel followed their captain's orders, as they settled on scanning the shore.


CONFESSIONAL:

BANETTE: Kingdra and Surskit were here this morning... like the saying goes, where there's smoke, there's fire.


Pignite and Scraggy started running into the forest, trying to find Pidgeot. The Fighting types loaded their guns with paintballs and chose to travel apart.

"Here, little puffballs," said Scraggy. "I'm not here to hurt you..." He started tiptoeing towards the men's room, only to bump into something. Scraggy dusted himself off and looked up to see what it was. It was Tropius.

"GOTCHA!" laughed Scraggy as he fired a paintball at Tropius. She was the first contestant to get captured.

Back at the shore, two Caterpie costumes started floating on Troubled Lake.

"GUYS!" said Emolga. "I think I've found two Caterpies!" With perfect accuracy, she aimed at the costumes. The paintballs splattered on the costumes, causing Kingdra and Surskit to turn around.

"Very impressive, Emolga," said Banette. "Everything is going perfectly!"


Pidgeot spotted a round pink dot from 1,000 feet high. "Jackpot," she said as she swooped down, shooting Hypno in the back with a paintball.

Persian saw a human-sized Caterpie wriggling around on the forest floor. Without further notice, she splattered the Caterpie with a paintball. She had finally captured M.

Pignite laughed as he paintballed Aron, who was just minding his own business.

Pretty soon, each team was down to their last costumed Pokémon. Phantump and Solosis were nowhere to be found.

"Oh, I got you now!" laughed Pidgeot as she looked for Phantump.

"Nanana, you can't catch me," called Solosis as she teased Banette. Banette then shot his final paintball into the sky. The paintball then started falling in slow motion as Solosis was busy hopping around like a Caterpie. The paint ball went off, spraying her with yellow paint.

Volcanion liked what he saw, and he announced that the Fun Lovin' Criminals had won the challenge.

"Chili Peppers," said the host. "I'll see you tonight at the elimination."


CONFESSIONAL:

SCRAGGY: Finding Tropius was a piece of cake. She should be headed to Loser Island tonight.

PHANTUMP: Pidgeot couldn't find me!


The remaining Chili Peppers gathered at the campfire. Skiddo and Tropius nuzzled their noses, as if to bid each other goodbye.

"Okay, that was touching," said Volcanion. "You know the drill. Take a Pokéblock when I call your name." He then called everyone's names except for Tropius and Pidgeot.

"Ladies," he said. "One of you is riding the Lapras of Shame tonight. And that contestant is..." Tropius pulled Skiddo closer. "Pidgeot, you're safe!"

Skiddo shed a tear, as he said to her, "I'll win this for you!"


CONFESSIONAL:

TROPIUS: Why would you vote off your strongest contestant? (holding a picture of Skiddo) At least I made a boyfriend.


Team Members: An X indicates that a cast member was eliminated.

Fun Lovin' Criminals: Abra (X), Banette, Emolga, Totodile (X), Kingdra, Golem, Persian, Scatterbug (X), Surskit, M, and Solosis

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Charizard (X), Hypno, Pignite, Skitty (X), Scraggy, Pidgeot, Aron, Tropius (X), Phantump, Chinchou, and Skiddo

Elimination order:

1. Skitty (refused to jump, and misled her team)

2. Abra (dozed off in the eleventh hour of a dodgeball match)

3. Totodile (was burnt from the electric shocks, and he mistook the judge for Taylor Swift)

4. Charizard (abandoned his team during the challenge)

5. Scatterbug (weakest team member)

6. Tropius (first person captured in the paintball match)